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A new app calledPREscribing children made easy (or, as it's called in its native India, "PREscribing children made easy"), developed in partnership with Google, can help you craft a prescription for that child in just a few seconds, researchers report in the Journal of Adolescent Health.
They recruited 22 dentists in India to play a part in the study, and found that app-based prescriptions performed better than handwritten ones in several areas, including accuracy (at 40.9% vs. 40.9%, for instance) and satisfaction (at 4.5% vs. 4.5%, for instance).
"The mean time taken in seconds for handwritten prescriptions ('59.14 (+ 59.18) was almost four times higher than that for app-based prescriptions (56.3% vs. 23.)" the researchers write.
They also found that handwritten prescriptions were more complete, had more detailed instructions, and were more accurate than app-based prescriptions (at 1.38 vs. 0.88, for instance).
The app is free on Google's Play Store, and the researchers say they're working on a longer version that...
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The over-the-counter ( OTC) pediatric healthcare market is expected to grow at a significant rate over the next five years, according to a new report published by Prophecy Market Insights.
The...more
The mental health of college athletes is a hot-button topicand now it's going to get a lot more attention.
The Ballmer Institute for Children's Behavioral Health at the University of Oregon is...more
It's that time of year again: time to stock up on the latest must-have toy for your little one.
This year, it's the Himiway C1 Kids Ebike, which is, as its name suggests, an electric bike for...more
If you're looking for a kid's bed that won't need to be replaced as the child grows, the Big Eyes Bed might be just what you're looking for.
It's a mid-high bed that turns into a basic bed when...more
The World Health Organization has set Nov.
20 as World Children's Day to call attention to the millions of children worldwide who don't have access to the medicines they need to live a long,...more
For the first time in its history, Qatar is holding a national science and innovation competition for elementary and high school students, the BBC reports.
The competition, called National...more
"Three times as many children as there are licensed child care slots," Caitlin Jensen writes on the Zero to Five Montana website.
"That doesn't just affect parents, it affects the growth of our...more
On the heels of the release of the fifth National Climate Assessment, which found that climate change is already taking a heavy toll on the US, President Biden is announcing $6 billion in...more
"We want to first of all, recruit the best and brightest tutors and we want to make sure they're incentivized to actually get the performance of the students greatly increased," Oklahoma's...more
When Ferran Adris opened the restaurant El Bulli in Barcelona in the 1970s, it was billed as "the epicenter of innovative gastronomy."
Today, it's more like "a theater show, maybe more like a...more
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